Mold or die for heel-compressing machines.



No. 764,668. PATENTBD JULY 12, 1904;-

B. F. MAYO. MOLD OR DIE FOR HEEL OOMBRESSING MACHINES.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 20, 1904.

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B. F. MAYO. MOLD OR DIE FOR HEEL GOMPRESSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APB.201 1904.

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Nl. 764.668. Patented July 12, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

BENJAMIN F. MAYO, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEl/V JERSEY, A CORPO- RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MOLD OR DIE FOR HEEL-COMPRESSING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,668, dated July 12, 1904.

Application filed April 20, 1904. Serial No. 204.125. (N model.)

To all whom it y 00771097771: jection on the upper edge of the breast of the Beitknown thatI, BENJAMINF.l\/IAYo,acitiheel at its junction with the beveled portion 50 Zen of the United States, residing at Salem, of the seat. A heel on which such roughened in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of projection has been formed is almost as unde- Massachusetts, have invented certain Imsirable as one in which the breast end of the provements in Molds or Dies for Heel-Comseat has not been beveled, because said roughpressing Machines, of which the following deened projection will cut into the'shank por- 55 scription, in connection with. the accompanytion of the sole of a shoe as the heel is being ing drawings, is aspecification, like reference attached and will make an indentation that characters on the drawings indicating like will show plainly after the breast of the heel parts in the several figures. has been trimmed off. It is almost impossi- This invention relates to heelcompressing ble, however, to prevent a roughened projec- 60 dies, and has for its objectto provide improved tion of this character from forming on a heel molds'for compressing heels, and particularly thatis compressed in dies such as compressing- 5 to provide means for forming a heel having a machines have heretofore been provided with,

rounded edge or corner at the junction of its because in machines of this character the actseat and breast. ing face of the breastplate cannot be kept in 6 5 The dies ordinarily used in heel-compresexact alinement with the end face of the lip sing machines comprise a pressure plate on the follower, and as a space is accordingly which acts on the tread-face of the heel, a folformed between these faces some of the lower or heel-seat die which acts on the seat, leather of the heel will flow into it and form a a breastplate movable relatively to the folroughened projection on the upper edge of 70 lower and acting on the breast, and radiallythe breast of the heel. To prevent the formoving dies which act on the side and rear mation of this objectionable projection on the 5 portions of the heel. The follower is usually upper edge of the breast of the heel during of the same size and outline as the seat of the the compressing operation, I have devised a finished heel and at its breast end is provided follower or mold that is provided with aheel- 7 5 with a lip for forming a bevel in the breast seat-engaging face and a connected breastend of the seat of the heel, such a bevel being plate, the acting face of the breastplate and 3 formed in the heel so that when it is being the heel-seat-engaging face being connected attached to a shoe the portion-of the heel that by a curved surface which will round off the is to be removed by the breasting operation upper edge of the breast of the heel or that will not cut into the shank portion of the sole edge formed by the junction of the seat and of the shoe and make an indentation which breast, and as one continuous surface is thus will be visible after the heel has been breasted. provided for acting upon both the seat and The breastplate, pressure-plate, and radiallythe breast of the heel there is no possibility moving dies in heel-compressing machines in of a roughened projection forming at the 5 general use are mounted on a cross-head, said junction of these two faces. Preferably the cross-head and the follower or heel-seat die portion of the mold which rounds off the up- 4 being movable relatively to each other, and per edge of the breast of the heel is formed in the operation of the dies for compressing a with a curved surface which merges into the f heel the acting face of the breastplate and face that engages the breast of the heel. the end face of the lip on the follower pass In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, each other in a substantially shearing action. partly in section, of portions of a heel-com- 45 Consequently unless these coacting faces are pressing machine provided with my imin exact alinement a space will be formed beproved follower. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectween them into which some of the leather of tion of the compressing-dies of said machine, the heel will flow and form a roughened proand shows a heel-blank in position to be operated upon. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the follower or mold in an inverted position. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the buffer-plate provided. with a guideway to receive the breastplate depending from the follower. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a heel on which a roughened projection was formed during the compressing operation; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view, partly in section, of a heel that has been compressed in a machine provided with my improved follower.

My invention is shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a heel-compressing machine, such as is now in general use. As such machine forms no part of my invention, however, it is not de scribed; but it should be understood that the application of my invention is not limited to any particular type of heel-compressing Inachine.

In the preferred form of my invention, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the follower or mold 2 has a heel-seat-engaging face 8 for molding the seat-face of the heel, said follower being provided with a connected breastplate 4 for acting upon the breast of the heel and also provided with a lip 12 for forming a bevel in the breast end of the seat of the heel. The said lip constitutes a portion of the heelseat-engaging face and has an acting face which is connected with the acting face of the breastplate by a curved surface 7, that is adapted to engage and round off the upper edge of the breast of the heel or that edge formed by the junction of the breast 6 and the beveled portion 11 of the seat 10, as shown in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 5 is shown a portion of aheel that has been compressed in dies such as heretofore have been ordinarily used. the roughened projection formed thereon during the compressing operation being designated by the character l l. It can be readily seen that such a roughened projection or even a sharp edge could not be formed on a heel compressed by my improved follower or mold, because the portion of the follower that acts on the upper edge of the breast is curved, as shown at 7 in Figs. 2 and 3. As said curved surface forms a connection between the heel-seat-engaging face and the acting face of the breastplate, these two faces are merged into one continuous surface, which molds the seat-face of the heel, forms a bevel in the breast end of the seat, acts on the breast, and rounds off the upper edge of the breast at its junction with the beveled portion of the seat. Preferably the curved surface on the mold merges into the acting face of the breastplate, so that the mold forms on the upper edge of the breast of the heel a curved surface which merges into the face of the breast of the heel.

Preferably I provide means for reinforcing the breastplate to prevent too great strain on the breastplate during the compressing operation, which might result in frequent breakage of the breastplate-or at least in frequent displacement of the mold. In the machine to which I have shown my present invention applied I have employed for this purpose a buffer-plate 18, mounted on the cross-head 22, which carries the pressure-plate 24. and the ra-' dially-moving dies 26, said buffer-plate being provided with a guideway 20 to receive the breastplate 4 when the dies are in their closed position.

While in illustrating the preferred form of my invention I have shown the breastplate as formed integral with the heel-seat die, and while I believe that I am the first so to form a heel-compressing mold and desire to claim the same broadly, nevertheless my invention, so far as it relates to means for rounding the upper edge of the breast of the heel, is of course not limited to such a construction.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is j l. A follower or mold for compressing heels, provided with a heel-seat-engaging face, a heel breast engaging face, and a lip for forming a bevel in the breast end of the seat of a heel.

2. A follower or mold for compressing heels, provided with a heel-seat-engaging face, a heel-breast-engaging face, and a curved surface connecting said faces for rounding off the upper edge of the breast of a heel.

3. A follower or mold provided with'a heelseat-engaging face, a lip for forming a bevel in the breast end of the seat of a heel, and a connected breastplate, the acting face of the lip being curved downwardly and merging into the acting face of the breastplate.

4. A follower or mold provided with an engaging face and a lip for molding the seat-face of a heel, and a breastplate for acting upon the entire breast-face of the heel, said mold. also having a curved portion to round off the upper edge of the breast of the heel.

5. A follower or mold for compressing heels, provided with a heel-seat-engaging face, and a breastplate formed integral therewith for acting upon the entire breast of the heel.

6. A follower or mold provided with a heelseat-engaging face, a breastplate formed integral therewith for acting upon the breast of the heel, and a curved surface for rounding off the upper edge of the breast of the heel.

7 A follower or mold provided with an engaging face and a lip for molding the seat-face of a heel, and a breastplate formed integral therewith for acting upon the entire breastface of the heel, said mold also having a curved portion for rounding ofi the upper edge of the breast of a heel.

8. In dies for compressing heels, a follower or mold provided with a connected breastbreast-engaging face.

11. A follower or mold comprising a heelseat-engaging face, a face for acting upon the breast of a heel, and a lip for forminga bevel in the breast end of the seat of the heel, said lip being formed with a curved surface which merges into the face for acting upon the breast of the heel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. I

BENJAMIN F. MAYO.

Witnesses:

WVILHELMINA O. HEUSER, BERTI-IA L. HANNAH. 

